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Loving Facebook. I wrote an article on Facebook basics —
useful for poets, useful for anyone.
Other poets took me up on my request to write a “7 Things You Should Know About Being a Poet” post.
Bernadette Geyer took me up on it early. Allen Taylor jumped in on the action. Jim Murdoch wrote his list — you can read his latest blog entry or read his list here on this […]
What are the common “mistakes” we all have made when learning to write poems? I’ve culled this list from my own experiences, what I’ve observed as a teacher and reader of poetry and what I’ve heard other poets discuss.
1. Using the title “Untitled” at all or more than once.
2. Writing a poem about an Edward […]
I love Verse Daily!
Hey, the New York Times is okay, too.
Thanks to Eduardo Corral for the link to 7 Things You Should Know About Being a Poet.
That title led me to wonder what seven things do I want people to know about being a poet? I’ll write my list below.
Choose one of the following and please do it when writing your poem:
1. Take a pungent food and place it by your desk. Inhale the scent frequently as you compose your poem. One poet used overly ripe apples. When I read this requirement, I think of sauerkraut.
2. Remove all of your clothes and write your […]
The other day I mentioned that I’m writing one poem per day in December.
It’s December 18th, and I’m on poem #13. Ah, well. Shhh, I’m not perfect. However, the good news is that I have drafted 13 new poems. That is 13 more than I would have written otherwise.
Get thee a group and challenge […]
I used to think that. In the old days.
After graduation from my MFA program and back when I used a Mac Classic — sigh — I would send emails via AOL to buddies from my writing program. One in particular found me and wanted to stay in touch. I found that a bit odd only […]